February 2013
2 posts
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Einstein?
(My 3rd Graders are currently working on their music program. Coincidentally, we are also learning the importance of punctuation...)
Speaking line in print says: "The most important thing is to never stop questioning." - Albert Einstein.
Student reads: "The most important thing is to never stop questioning Albert Einstein."
Feb 9th
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“We don’t always know where He’s headed or what to expect along the...”
– Bob Goff, “Love Does”
Feb 2nd
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January 2013
3 posts
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“He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we...”
– Bob Goff, “Love Does”
Jan 29th
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“It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for....”
– Ephesians 1:11-12
Jan 28th
“One of the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that it is...”
– Oswald Chambers, “My Utmost for His Highest”
Jan 6th
October 2012
10 posts
“Though we’re tethered to the story we must tell, when I saw you, well, I...”
– Ryan O’Neal, Sleeping At Last, “Turning Page”
Oct 28th
“I felt I was on fire with the things I could’ve told you. I just assumed you...”
– Conor Oberst
Oct 27th
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“When the rain is falling & there’s no silver lining & you just...”
– Francesca Battistelli, “Blue Sky”
Oct 13th
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Oct 11th
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“As much as you want to plan your life, it has a way of surprising you with...”
– Anonymous.
Oct 10th
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Oct 9th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 4th
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Oct 2nd
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thank-tober.
As the calendar page turns to October, I feel my hands clench tighter as I brace myself for the chaos that typically ensues during this month. The hustle & bustle of wrapping up the first quarter at school, the preparation for the long-awaited holidays, the changing of the seasons… it all begins in October. Even my overwhelming love of Fall & Pumpkin Spice Lattes can’t keep...
Oct 1st
September 2012
1 post
m-a-y-b-e
Me: "On your paper, I want you to finish this sentence, 'My favorite song is...'"
2nd Grade student: "Miss B, how do you spell 'maybe'?"
Me: "Let me guess, your favorite song is 'Call Me Maybe'?"
Student: "How'd you know?!"
Me: "Lucky guess."
Second grade students are already singing songs about how they gave their number away to a guy they just met...?!! This IS crazy!!
Sep 20th
August 2012
4 posts
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Mom Tell All
(kindergartner is overheard saying my name)
Me: Are you talking about me? I think I heard my name!
K Student: Noooooo!!
K Student's Mom: He has such a huge crush on you! You even get mentioned in our prayers every night!
Aug 28th
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“Even when it hurts, even when it’s hard, even when it all just falls...”
– Kari Jobe, “Steady My Heart”
Aug 28th
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Aug 24th
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Aug 6th
July 2012
11 posts
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Jul 29th
Jul 25th
“God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep & mythic...”
– John Eldredge, “Waking the Dead.”
Jul 18th
“If I make the lashes dark And the eyes more bright And the lips more scarlet, Or...”
– “Before the World Was Made,” a poem from “A Woman Young and Old.”
Jul 18th
Jul 17th
“I am here to give you back your heart & set you free.”
– God, Isaiah 61:1b (John Eldredge paraphrase in “Waking the Dead”)
Jul 12th
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Jul 10th
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet...”
– 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Jul 8th
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i'm ready.
Okay, Summer. As much as I love the long hours spent at the pool, the sun-kissed skin, the embrace of fresh natural hair, the blessings of long vacations, and the lack of urgency & “to do” lists, I would really appreciate it if you could start wrapping things up. Bring on the end-of-summer parties. the curriculum planning. the summer tv show finales. the prep for Fall. It’s...
Jul 4th
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Jul 4th
Jul 2nd
June 2012
16 posts
Jun 30th
“Prayer is the most normal and useful thing; it is not simply a reflex action of...”
– My Utmost for His Highest.
Jun 27th
standing still
You know that feeling you have when you get home after a long vacation? The feeling that time has just sort of been standing still while you’ve been gone? Obviously, it hasn’t. Time has continued. People’s lives have continued on and things have happened just as they always do, but you know the feeling, right? I’m really not a fan of that feeling. The last day or so of...
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
Jun 21st
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Jun 19th
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Jun 15th
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Jun 14th
Afterword: You're not special →
joserisms: “The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life, is an achievement, not something that will fall into your lap because you’re a nice person or mommy ordered it from the caterer. You’ll note the founding fathers took pains to secure your inalienable right to life, liberty and the… Words of wisdom.
Jun 14th
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“Jesus, you’re the one who saves us, constantly creates us into something...”
– Gungor, “Dry Bones.”
Jun 12th
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Jun 11th
“Leave everything to Him and it will be gloriously and graciously uncertain how...”
– My Utmost for His Highest. (April 29)
Jun 8th
Jun 6th
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Jun 6th
“Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who...”
– The Message, Philippians 4:14
Jun 5th
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“Christ is, among much else, the revelation that God cannot be contained or...”
– The Message, (Intro)Philippians
Jun 5th
May 2012
5 posts
3 tags
May 31st
1 tag
May 16th
just call me miss b.
Last Friday, I graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in music education. Monday, I accepted the elementary music position at Manchester Park Elementary. In three months and five days, I will begin my first day of school as a music teacher. Hold on tight! Life is happening. NOW. 645+ students in grades K through 5 will come through my classroom each week. I have the wonderful...
May 10th